UFC 279

A missed weight sent UFC 279 into a tailspin on Friday in what will surely result in an unpredictable pay-per-view. Three new matchups all set one day ...

and Mexico on the ESPN+ subscription streaming service for a pay-per-view cost. The energy in the arena is already high. While on her back, Aldana drilled a standing Chiasson in the ribs with her heel. Chiasson went down in a heap and Aldana picked up the stunning TKO. The innocent bystanders — Li Jingliang and Daniel Rodriguez — will meet in a catchweight bout at 180 pounds. Diaz chases Ferguson down, lands a combination and stops to talk to commentary. Diaz rips Ferguson with another combination and lands a hard body kick. Ferguson goes for the takedown and puts Ferguson in a guillotine. This might be the last time we ever see Nate Diaz in the Octagon. As for Chimaev, he ended up in the co-main event with Kevin Holland — with whom he had a backstage altercation at the UFC 279 press conference Thursday. "I want to get out of the UFC for a minute and show the fighters how to take over the sport like your sport like you are supposed to do it," Diaz said without specifying exactly what his next move would be. As expected, Diaz was sharp with his standup and found the mark with combination punches.

Diaz entered the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night with one fight left on his UFC contract. The MMA folk hero made his intentions known that he ...

"Nate Diaz is going into the sport of boxing," Paul said in a video posted to social media. "He's so durable and so tough," White said of the Ferguson fight. Diaz entered the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night with one fight left on his UFC contract. None of these other fighters know how to do it. "But I love UFC. Diaz announced his departure from the mixed martial arts organization after

'You're out of your mind': UFC conspiracy theory shut down as Dana slams 'f***ing lunatics'

He and I had this discussion months ago at the offices, whatever he moves on to do, I wish him nothing but the best. If he is starting his own organization or getting into promoting or doing something else, I wish him nothing but the best of luck. “If you think that the crazy dudes that we had here this week could be orchestrated into something that would be... This all happened and we had to deal with it. [Undefeated villain explodes in ‘ridiculous’ statement, exposes UFC’s ‘gross’ call](https://www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/ufc-279-khamzat-chimaev-defeats-kevin-holland-nate-diaz-crowd-reaction-video-weight-miss/news-story/dff52a5a1631860614ddc014abdfed8c) [Star ‘kicked out’ of UFC PPV after win... “There’s some f***ing lunatics on the internet that think this was all staged and planned and whatever,” White said.

The UFC is stuck between a rock and a hard place with Khamzat Chimaev after his dominant UFC 279 win was overshadowed by a big weight miss.

[missed weight by 7.5 pounds](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/09/ufc-279-weigh-in-video-khamzat-chimaev-misses-weight) ahead of his scheduled main event with Nate Diaz, forcing the promotion to shuffle the card. Does he belong at middleweight instead, as UFC president Dana White suggests post-fight? However, he relished the role of bad guy after his win, and said he’s going to continue to “smash” whoever is locked in the octagon with him.

The UFC contender thought Diaz looked poor in his performance on Saturday night, despite Diaz finishing veteran Tony Ferguson with a guillotine choke in the ...

“You see Diaz fight so terrible. “Did you see the guys get tired? Did you see how they kicked, how they punched? “If I fought him, I’d kill him,” Chimaev told reporters at the UFC 279 post-fight press conference. “Did you see that fight?,” Chimaev said. He thought that the 37-year-old Diaz looked bad in his showing against Ferguson and even thinks that the man de defeated, Holland, would’ve run through Diaz.

What can we take away from a unique main event at UFC 279 and victories from Nate Diaz and Khamzat Chimaev? Jeff Wagenheim, Marc Raimondi and Brett Okamoto ...

[Jamie Toney](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2570362/jamie-toney)via triangle choke. [Khamzat Chimaev](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/4684751/khamzat-chimaev), who missed weight badly for his weigh-in by 7.5 pounds, ended up in a matchup versus [Kevin Holland](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3943695/kevin-holland). Because when Walker performed the worm to celebrate a victory back in 2019, [he dislocated his shoulder and required surgery](/mma/story/_/id/27896237/remember-ufc-star-johnny-walker-got-hurt-doing-worm). [Johnny Walker](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3146944/johnny-walker) used to be a wildman, entertaining fans with his flying, spinning attacks. But after winning his first three fights inside the Octagon with first-round finishes, he met his match in a knockout loss to [Corey Anderson](http://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/3112020/corey-anderson) in November 2019. Walker scored knockouts in 15 of his first 18 victories, but in this fight, he took his opponent to the canvas and methodically worked his way to a rear-naked choke submission. Fans will pay their hard-earned money to see fighter after fighter come into the Octagon in an attempt to beat a seemingly invulnerable Chimaev. The truth is, there could be a lot of money in this for the UFC -- Chimaev as the villain taking out all of the UFC's fan favorites, like Holland. It makes all the sense in the world, and Covington is in the best position to test him. Then, in his postfight interview with Joe Rogan, he went full heel, seemingly relishing in the hearty boos being heaped on him by the Las Vegas crowd. These injuries eventually added some degree of urgency for two men in danger of not making it to the finish line. It was a matchup of two fighters at essentially the same point in their careers.

Khamzat Chimaev will be keen to push his undefeated streak even further vs Nate Diaz in UFC 279. Here's how to watch online in Australia.

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Dana White addressed Khamzat Chimaev's brutal weight miss during Saturday's UFC 279 post-fight press conference.

[MMAJunkie](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/09/ufc-279-dana-white-khamzat-chimaev-weight-miss-a-problem)). ‘The Wolf’ made quick work of ‘Trailblazer last night, submitting Holland with a [D’arce choke](https://www.bjpenn.com/mma-news/ufc/ufc-279-results-khamzat-chimaev-stops-kevin-holland-in-round-1-video/) in the very first round. Chimaev previously expressed his desire to face the winner of November’s UFC 281 main event between Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira. I mean, what should I talk to him about? “No, (I haven’t talked to Khamzat yet). “We have to look at it and figure it out, but what makes sense is for him to fight at (185).

The biggest takeaways from UFC 279 include Khamzat Chimaev becoming an enemy of the MMA world, Nate Diaz's next move and more.

Diaz got his moment to finish it, though, and now he gets to decide what the future holds for himself. The rest of us would’ve been sad to see it, but coming into fight week were also understanding it’s what had to be done if Diaz (21-13 MMA, 16-11 UFC) wanted to complete his contractual obligations with the organization and hit free agency. Let’s be real: The Chimaev fight would’ve been an execution, and only a handful of people wanted to end their Saturday night by witnessing that. He deserves another chance, with a full training camp and an opponent appropriate to his current skill level and career position. [first-round submission](https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/2022/09/ufc-279-results-khamzat-chimaev-steamrolls-kevin-holland-with-first-round-darce-choke-submission) was as easy as it looked. Ferguson is approaching the sport in a serious manner by trying to improve himself and his training situation. Chimaev (12-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) botched his weight cut so badly, then proceeded to offer no apologies, flip off fans, berate them and more until he’s now arguably one of the most hated figures in the MMA space. What we can’t argue is the depth of his talent. It was an exciting comeback, but it was only a precursor to the aftermath. After the event blew up when Chimaev missed weight, he stepped into a five-round bout with Diaz, whom he’d obviously not been training for. It’s just crazy, because it wasn’t all that long ago he was the darling of the MMA world. I don’t want to call it lucky or a fluke – which is why I said fortunate – but if you’re Chiasson, it’s hard to walk away from that one feeling like you’re the definitively worse fighter.

The 37-year-old crowd favourite picked Tony Ferguson apart before grabbing a guillotine choke in the fourth.

The start of the fight was also bizarre with Diaz refusing to engage and shaking his head while the referee ordered him to fight. [UFC 279](https://7news.com.au/sport/ufc), winning the last fight of his UFC deal in a wild bout that capped an extraordinary week. Diaz brought all his trademark showmanship and humour to the fight and at one point pretended to take a breather as slumped on the cage with his back to Ferguson. Ferguson shot for a takedown in the fourth round but Diaz, who submitted Conor McGregor to hand the Irishman his first loss in the UFC in 2016, circled his arm around Ferguson’s neck and dragged him to the ground to secure the win. Ferguson fought back, chopping at the lead leg of Diaz to slow him down, but Diaz was still able to land his combinations to force his opponent back and he played with the crowd, strolling around the cage and leaning against it to take a break. The 37-year-old Diaz picked Ferguson apart for the first three rounds before grabbing a guillotine choke in the fourth to end the fight in front of a sold-out crowd at the T-Mobil Arena.

At the UFC 279 press conference, Dana White answered questions about Nate Diaz's future with the UFC, Khamzat Chimaev's weight, and Irene Aldana's knockout.

When asked if Aldana could be next in line for a title shot, White told reporters that he does indeed like Aldana. When asked if the UFC would hold Chimaev accountable, White reiterated his belief that Chimaev’s future may be in the middleweight division. “He and I had this discussion months ago at the offices,” he said on Diaz leaving the UFC. After Chiasson abruptly collapsed in the third round against Aldana, many fans and even the commentators did not immediately know what occurred. I mean, it is what it is. If he’s starting his own organization or getting into promoting or doing something else, I wish him nothing but the best of luck; it’s been awesome having him here.”

Nate Diaz scored a fourth-round submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, winning the last fight of...

"I want to get out of the UFC for a minute and show these UFC fighters how to take over and own another sport," Diaz said in the octagon. Ferguson shot for a takedown in the fourth round but Diaz, who submitted Conor McGregor to hand the Irishman his first loss in the UFC in 2016, circled his arm around Ferguson's neck and dragged him to the ground to secure the win. The 37-year-old Diaz picked Ferguson apart for the first three rounds before grabbing a guillotine choke in the fourth to end the fight in front of a sold-out crowd at the T-Mobil Arena.